Want to become a doctor?

It’s funny because it’s true.

Except my opthamologist is the hardest working doc in show business.

Interesting he has a 10+ paragraph disclaimer, and it doesn’t cover plagarism.

The original was in the British Medical Journal (http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/331/7531/1529) which is now, unfortunately, paid-only. (I and several other bloggers linked this in December 2004, when it came out). There’s a copy of the flow-chart on my site.

Frankly, Dr. Rost should be punished, though reading his commenters is probably punsihment enough: Holy cow, what a lot of dreck in his comments.

GruntDoc

Grunt Doc, you’re crazy and with a non existent attention span. Your comment proved it.

God, there is the rudest people that visit and comment on this site. People make mistakes all the time. Anon, you made a big one calling grunt doc crazy, and accusing him of not having any attention span. It is a unstable person who comes to web sites and can’t partcipate in a conversation without resorting to name calling. Whats wrong with “Grunt Doc, you made a mistake, please go back and read the article again?”

anon 11:45,

Ok, I’m unhinged because I “don’t” call people names on web sites. You, on the other hand, are perfectly normal because you can rationalize such behavior. Got it!
Thanks…:)

To Anon 1138,
I am Anon 331 and I posted that comment. I am an ER doc and have been one for 20 years. I have been in the frontline for so long that I know that my comment would not offend him.

This is the dumbest thing I ever heard. I am a 17-year radiology tech and you say that we are not hardworkers. I lift people twice my size while getting them on the boards and from place to place. This is most often done with no help. I have to take out all body piercings (not easy on some people) if they cannot do it themselves. I deal with drunks and druggies and THIS IS NOT AN EASY JOB!

ok the point is NOT to get mad people!

BUT you forgot a specialty.
WHERE ARE THE PHYSIATRISTS!?

Haha, your guys are all doctors. I think its funny how doctors argue. Even if your not a “doctor doctor” its still funny! Now play nice, everyone kiss and make up. lol

Kid who might be a doc when they grow up.

Well Kid16, you have a choice to make. It’s true, it’s really hard, but no one said being a superhero and being entrusted to heal and save lives every day would be easy. In fact, it shouldn’t be. Which brings you back to your choice! Maybe if you have any relatives in medicine, sit down and talk it over with them.

This was spot on! During my intern rotation in the emergency room. The emergency room attending told me i was so crazy,that i would only fit in at the emergency room. And here i am a first year resident in the er

soon to be an emergency medicine attending